1. Human Characteristics
Can you differentiate between what is human and what is physical? What are the human characteristics of this area (Duncan and Lyman?)

2. How are ideas spread?
An important part of geography is the spread of ideas and people across the nation and world. Lets compare how ideas are spread, communications are sent, and how people get around in the modern era to the ancient days.

3. Pre-technology For pilgrims and settlers of America,
How did people talk to one another?
For pilgrims and settlers of America,
they used letters as a form of messaging.
Instant? I don’t think so. Try several
months. Pony Express did not get around as fast as texting or even our USPS does today.
For Native Americans, they used messengers who ran between tribes or settlements delivering news and threats. The phrase, “Don’t Kill the Messenger” originated with this style of communication.

4. How did people get around? (Pre-tech)
Travel by horse, foot, and boat. It was not until the late 18th and early 19th centuries that railroads began to have popular use. Even with a railroad, it took weeks to get from one side of the nation to another. What does this mean? Can ideas get around quickly?
How long does it take to travel, by FOOT, from Wilmington, NC to San Francisco, CA?

5. The Technology Age
It takes 5 or less seconds to transmit a new idea from one computer, cell phone, or tablet to another anywhere in the world.

6. Technology
We have several hundred different ways to communicate. Cell Phones, Facebook, Twitter, and hundreds of other tools to communicate. This means information you think is new is more outdated than most cars by the time this sentence is finished.
Over 294 billion s are sent each day. That’s 42 billion s per person on average..

7. How do we get around now?
Airplanes make travel to and from other countries shorter than some trips made by automobile.
Cars make trips that took hours (Spartanburg to Greenville) last only minutes.
How long does it take to drive from Wilmington, NC to San Francisco, CA?
Helicopters are often quicker than airplanes, and definitely faster than cars.

8. Using your devices
Try to discover where an invention was created.
Remember, you need to think about how this might have been harder to mass produce in the past.
What invention would you try to make that would sweep the world?